Faith Formation & Mission

“Charity is the beating heart of the Christian: just as one cannot live without a heartbeat, so one cannot be a Christian without charity”.

Pope Francis

Dearest Marian Community,

Welcome back to the final term of our College calendar. I trust that your break was a restful one and hope you are feeling rejuvenated ready to navigate your way through our final term at our College for 2022. We are reminded to continue to participate in prayer life and continue to build on the loving culture that we have strived to achieve this year. This year as a College, we have demonstrated the heavenly virtue of charity through the means of compassion, through all our work with those in need within our College community. 

In our final term, we look forward to taking part in our annual creation of Christmas Hampers for St Vincent De Paul. Our partnership with St Vincent De Paul continues to strengthen year by year. Students at Marian Catholic College will be promoting the gift of kindness and the spirit of Christmas. Each Homeroom will be provided with a basket for all items that are donated to be placed in. All hampers created will be presented to St Vincent De Paul at our end of year Mass and will be distributed to families in need within our community. Homeroom teachers will allocate the items to be donated during Homeroom. 

Items to be donated are as follows:

Collection will begin in week 4 and conclude in week 8. This will provide the Community Action Team with sufficient time to prepare the hampers for our end of the year Mass. More information about this mission project  will be provided throughout the term. 

Let us continue to work together in our acts of kindness not only within our community but our world. I am reminded by a quote, “Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven”. My interpretation of this is that as people of faith, we strive to become closer to God and aspire to live a life that complements living in the Image of God. Through the means of our charitable acts, we live a life as intended by God, living a life of love. 

This term will also see our Religious Education classes preparing for the Rite of Reconciliation. Mrs Abdala and I are working closely with Fr Cyprian to create a meaningful experience for our students. It is important that our students have a strong understanding as to why our Church undertakes this Rite and meaning it has on their lives. Over the next few weeks within Religious Education lessons, the student experience will be catered to the Rite of Reconciliation. Fr Cyprian will also be coming into our classrooms and leading lessons prior to performing the Rite of Reconciliation. 

Until our next article, please be attentive during Homeroom for compass notices as I will be posting more information in relation to all our mission news for this term.

“I alone cannot change the world. But I can cast a stone across the waters 

to create many ripples”.

Saint Mother Teresa

Yours in faith,

Mr Abdala

Leader of Faith Formation and Mission

Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service Mental Health Camp

On Thursday and Friday some Indigenous students attended the Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service Mental Health Camp. The students learnt traditional dances, language, artefacts, bush Tucker and how to identify plants and their uses.

The students were very well behaved and were very engaged in all activities. They learnt a lot about their culture as well as having fun doing it.

'It was very fun. I loved every bit of it.' Gemma

'I loved reconnecting with my culture.' Jordan

'It was really good, I loved dancing, can't wait for today.' Kobe

'I enjoyed the time here and learnt lots of new dances. Can't wait for next year.' Alynta